Southfield Arts and Tech Dealing With Tragedy Again.

Written Tuesday September 27th at 11:00 AM
Updated Wednesday September 28th at 3:25 PM

Southfield is dealing with tragedy once again.

First it was legendary Southfield-Lathrup coach Keith Stephens whom passed away two years ago then it was Darius Cooley who drowned in a pool before the start of football season last year.

Now it’s Kara Allen.

Allen along with her three siblings were murdered at their Dearborn home last week by her stepfather Gregory Green. The mother, Faith Green was stabbed and shot in the foot but is expected to survive. He is facing first degree murder charges for the four deaths this week.

Allen was a senior at Southfield Arts and Tech.

She was a manager for the football team, worked for the school newspaper, a member of the National Honor Society, and a cheerleader as well.

It has been a trying week for the Southfield Arts and Tech community and the football team but knowing coach Tim Conley and his team they are a resilient group. They have been through this before.

Last Friday, the Southfield Arts and Tech community honored Allen by having students and fans wearing pink on her behalf for their game against Orion. Pink was her favorite color. They had a halftime show dedicated to Allen raising pink balloons up to the heavens in her honor. The Orion cheerleaders wore pink ribbons and pink socks in honor of Allen and also gave the Southfield Arts and Tech cheerleaders flowers as well.

Over the weekend Southfield Arts and Tech assistant principal and defensive coordinator Vernon Burden's stepbrother former Michigan State standout Mylan Hicks was murdered in a nightclub shooting in Canada.

The viewing for Allen and her three siblings will be on Wednesday and Thursday from 3-8 PM at the Pye Funeral home in Detroit.

This Friday will be a very emotional day for the Warriors football players, students, teachers, and cheerleaders. They have the Allen funeral, which will take place at 10 AM at the Detroit First Church and Nazarene in Farmington Hills and then after that the Warriors have a football game at West Bloomfield that very same day.

Southfield Arts and Tech will have decals on their helmets dedicated to Allen like they did in 2015 for Cooley. The Warriors will wear the decals of Allen on their helmets for the rest of the season.